particularistic

1. 1.

   relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)

   “a particularistic-seeming statement”

Questions about particularistic

What does particularistic mean?

particularistic means "relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)".

How many syllables are in particularistic?

particularistic has 6 syllables and divides as par-ti-cu-la-ri-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is particularistic a common word?

particularistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.